Abstract: The collection primarily consists of research materials for Andrew Meier's book
The Lost Spy: An American in Stalin's Secret Service (New York, 2008). This research material includes correspondence and notes; photocopies of correspondence and of genealogical
and biographical data; photocopies of investigative, consular and other government documents; and printed matter. The bulk
of the research materials directly relate to Soviet espionage in the United States and elsewhere, and especially to the case
of Isaiah Oggins.

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives

Creator:
Meier, Andrew.

Access

Collection is open for research.

The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to
copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see
or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.

Related Materials

David Dallin papers, Hoover Institution Archives

John Hook papers, Hoover Institution Archives

Herbert Solow papers, Hoover Institution Archives

Sam Tanenhaus papers, Hoover Institution Archives

Biographical/Historical Note

1985

B.A., Wesleyan University

1989

B.A. (M.A.), Russian Language and Literature, Oxford University

1989-1992

Freelance writer

1989-Present

Contributor to periodicals, including
Harper's,
New Republic,
New York Times Magazine,
National Geographic,
Orion,
Outside,
Washington Post,
Wired, and
Time

"Andrew Meier - Assistant Professor" Eugene Lang College Faculty.
The New School for Liberal Arts. n.d. Web. 24 August 2010.

Scope and Content of Collection

The collection primarily consists of research materials for Andrew Meier's book
The Lost Spy: An American in Stalin's Secret Service (New York, 2008). This research material includes correspondence and notes; photocopies of correspondence and of genealogical
and biographical data; photocopies of investigative, consular and other government documents; and printed matter. The bulk
of the research materials directly relate to Soviet espionage in the United States and elsewhere, and especially to the case
of Isaiah Oggins.

Materials of note in the collection include the detailed genealogical and biographical data Meier compiled regarding Isaiah
Oggins and his family (
Oggins family related materials ) as well as Meier's detailed research on Oggins' contemporaries and incidents relating to the Communist Party in the United
States. The original order of the materials has been maintained.